Coat-hanger.



A. J. GILSDORF.

COAT HANGER.

APPLICATION rum) sum: 2, 1013.

Patented 7 Sept. 23, 1913.

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ARNOLD J. GILSDORF, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

' COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 2, 1913.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913. Serial No. 771,131.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD J. GILSDORF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Coat-Hanger; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of referonce marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to clothes hangers, and has for its object the provision of an improved article of manufacture of this class, whereby the practicability and commercial value thereof are materially enhanced.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it.is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of a hanger em bodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central cross section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section thereof on the line as, w in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of a portion of an end thereof, with a part in central longitudinal section, and Fig. 5 is a flat plan view of the center and. I

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the longitudinally bowed or curved body member of the ordinary wooden type of coat hanger, which is provided in each end with an axially-disposed socket 2, and is preferably round in cross-section, and 3 an encircling sleeve, which fits closely around the body member from end to end thereof and protects clothes hung thereon from having direct contact with the wood or other material of the body member. The sleeve 3 is of tubular form and preferably of elastic or stockinet nature to adapt it to be drawn over the body member lengthwise thereof, and is of sufficient length for its ends to extend beyond the body member ends to enable them to be tucked into the end sockets 2 in turned in form, as shown in Fig. 4. This being done a large headed tack 4 preferably of the upholstering type is then tacked into the base of each socket with its head closing the outer end thereof to retain the tucked-in ends of the sleeve 3 within the sockets and to give the ends of the hanger a finished appearance.

5 designates the customary wire hook of hangers of this character, which has its shank projected through an opening 6 in the center of the body-member 1 and sleeve 3, and is riveted or headed at the underside thereof, as shown at 7, to prevent its withdrawal from the body member. In order to prevent a tearing and stretching or enlarging of the openings in the sleeve 3 through which the hook shank passes a band 8, preferably of sheet-metal, is bent around the center of the body member and sleeve, and has its ends secured thereto by tracks 9, which are passed through end apertures 10 in the band. The band 8 has an aperture 11 for the upper portion of the hook shank to pass through. The lower portion of the band passes under and covers the headed end 7 of the hook shank and prevents the shank from having lowering movements relative to the body-member. The band 8, also serves as a reinforcement for the body-member of the hanger at the point where the hook shank is attached thereto.

It is found in practice that my improved hanger can be cheaply manufactured, and that the provision of the sleeve 3 on the bodymember thereof not only materially enhances the practicability and commercial value of the hanger, as it enables silk goods to be placed in contact therewith Without danger of small splinters in the wood of the bodymember catching the threads of the same, but also obviates the painting or varnishing of the hanger bodies, as the sleeve serves as a covering and coating therefor.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction or arrangement of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In a coat hanger, a body member having its ends provided with axially-disposed sockets, a sleeve incasing said member and having its ends turned inwardly into said sockets. and means for closing the outer ends of said sockets and securing the ends of the sleeve to the ends of the body member.

ing it ends provided with axially-disposed sockets, a sleeve incasing said member and having its ends turned inwardly relative to the ends of the sleeve and inserted into said sockets, and tacks driven into the base portions of the sockets and having enlarged heads which? close the outer ends of said sockets and hold the end portions of the sleeve securely to the respective ends of the body member.

3. A coat hanger comprising a body member, a sleeve of fabric material incasing said member and having its ends secured to the ends of said member, a hook having its shank projected through the central portion of said niember and sleeve and headed imam at the under side thereof, and a reinforcing band encircling the sleeve adjacent to the point of attaching of-the hook to the body member and having" its ends attached to said member, said band passing under the headed end of the hook. shank and having its top portion relative to the body member provided with an opening through which the hook shank extends. I

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of-two subscribing witnesses.

ARNOLD J. GILSDORF.

. Witnesses:

G. W. Uvvnn, 

